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    Defending Champs: UP Fighting Maroons
    Philippine Malditas to FIFA Womens World Cup 2023

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  • #2
    La Salle looks like an early favorite even without KQ. UP is going to be significantly weaker with the departure of Cagulangan and QMB.

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    • #3
      Konov should have been used more. He would have been a matchup problem at the 2-3 with his height.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by live_evil View Post
        Konov should have been used more. He would have been a matchup problem at the 2-3 with his height.
        yeah what gives, its not like the other rotation guys apart from KQ and Mike are Un droppable.

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        • #5
          Konov joined the team with less than two months left in the season. He looked lost in the times he got to play due to lack of familiarity with the system and his teammates. Hopefully a full preseason will do him good

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          • #6
            Is UP gonna start a new trend in the league by recruiting one and dones with the success of the QMB experiment?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by NolitheTank View Post
              Is UP gonna start a new trend in the league by recruiting one and dones with the success of the QMB experiment?
              They didn't start this trend. Tagal na ginagawa ng DLSU yan. Heck, the rule about masters degrees vs. second degree was made because of DLSU and Gerwin Gaco.

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              • #8
                Its called the Troy Rike rule for a reason.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Crustacean View Post

                  They didn't start this trend. Tagal na ginagawa ng DLSU yan. Heck, the rule about masters degrees vs. second degree was made because of DLSU and Gerwin Gaco.
                  After Gaco, it was Cholo Villanueva then JV Casio.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by The_Big_Cat View Post

                    After Gaco, it was Cholo Villanueva then JV Casio.
                    Really? I got the same ID number as Cholo Villanueva and Mike Gavino (who actually transfered to UP with Mika Vainio after maxing out their playing years in La Salle but somehow UP called it a "transfer") so I always assumed Cholo reached unit-immortality playing in 2008 at age 24-25 when he was a recruit in 2001. As for Casio, he was a legit then-16-year-old rookie in '03 so playing 5 years in '08 was normal making him just 21-22 playing for Toroman in Gilas One. K12 was introduced in 2013 so players then don't need to take a Masters Degree or have its school do some bogus magic for them to be be playing college ball at 24. It was barely four decades ago when seeing a 19-year old playing high school basketball was taboo, heck now it's as normal as players playing dayo/ligang-labas games.

                    Bottom line, a lot of schools through the years have brought in players who aren't good enough to be pro but have a significant phyiscal and somewhat skill advantage playing against 17 to 21 year-olds. QMB's case is unique because rookies are coming in at 18 thanks to K12 and yet he's been dominant in a space where fewer and fewer local college players who aren't that much younger than him will actually make it past their first PBA contract just because he should at least a PBA player in his 2nd year but isn't.

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                    • #11
                      We could go back to the 90s, Rey Evangelista was a graduate student for UST, one of the early cases of one-and-dones

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by paolylo View Post

                        Really? I got the same ID number as Cholo Villanueva and Mike Gavino (who actually transfered to UP with Mika Vainio after maxing out their playing years in La Salle but somehow UP called it a "transfer") so I always assumed Cholo reached unit-immortality playing in 2008 at age 24-25 when he was a recruit in 2001. As for Casio, he was a legit then-16-year-old rookie in '03 so playing 5 years in '08 was normal making him just 21-22 playing for Toroman in Gilas One. K12 was introduced in 2013 so players then don't need to take a Masters Degree or have its school do some bogus magic for them to be be playing college ball at 24. It was barely four decades ago when seeing a 19-year old playing high school basketball was taboo, heck now it's as normal as players playing dayo/ligang-labas games.

                        Bottom line, a lot of schools through the years have brought in players who aren't good enough to be pro but have a significant phyiscal and somewhat skill advantage playing against 17 to 21 year-olds. QMB's case is unique because rookies are coming in at 18 thanks to K12 and yet he's been dominant in a space where fewer and fewer local college players who aren't that much younger than him will actually make it past their first PBA contract just because he should at least a PBA player in his 2nd year but isn't.
                        He was sometimes heckled a grandpa because of his longevity in college. People forgot he was once demoted to Team B and still played after the suspension. He really maximized his playing years and was a living proof of the seven-years-out-of-HS rule.

                        Casio completed his academic eligibility prior to his 5th year. So upon the persuasion of coach Franz he came back, enrolled in another course just to play out his 5th and final year.

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                        • #13
                          JD to Suwon KT just confirmed
                          JD Cagulangan embarks on his professional basketball journey in South Korea, signing with KBL club Suwon KT Sonicboom after a stellar collegiate career with UP #ReadMore https://tbti.me/s22qr6...

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                          • #14
                            JD to Suwon KT just confirmed
                            JD Cagulangan embarks on his professional basketball journey in South Korea, signing with KBL club Suwon KT Sonicboom after a stellar collegiate career with UP #ReadMore https://tbti.me/s22qr6...

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by 6ix6od View Post
                              JD to Suwon KT just confirmed
                              That completes the KBL cast unless Escamis could dislodge someone.

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